The first table below looks at the demand for Migration skills in IT contracts advertised for the Halifax region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Migration over the 3 months to 17 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Processes & Methodologies category for the Halifax region.

Note that daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Migration
Rank 10 16 8
Rank change year-on-year
+6 -8
Contract jobs citing Migration 10 19 19
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Halifax 8.621% 7.819% 15.97%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 11.24% 9.314% 23.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 18 14
Average daily rate £375 £377 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-0.59% +0.73%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £298 £338 £265
10% offered a daily rate of more than £392 £437 £459
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
-4.10% -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £18.45 £22.75 £24.50
% change year-on-year
-18.90% -7.14%
All Processes & Methodologies
Halifax
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
89 204 81
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Halifax 76.72% 83.95% 68.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 66 173 51
Average daily rate £365 £380 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-3.94% +1.33%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £280 £265 £175
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £495 £493
UK excluding London average daily rate £363 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
-0.68% -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 3 3
Average hourly rate - £15.00 £7.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- +114.28%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.60 £25.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+26.40% -16.66%
Migration
West Yorkshire

Migration
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Migration across the Halifax region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

Halifax Migration Jobs Demand Trend

Migration
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Migration across the Halifax region.

Halifax Migration Daily Rate Trend

Migration
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Migration across the Halifax region.

Halifax Migration Hourly Rate Trend

Migration
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Halifax region citing Migration also mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited Migration.

1 15 (71.43%) Finance
2 9 (42.86%) Banking
3 7 (33.33%) Data Migration
4 6 (28.57%) Retail
5 5 (23.81%) Stakeholder Management
6 4 (19.05%) SAP
6 4 (19.05%) Retail Banking
7 3 (14.29%) Change Management
7 3 (14.29%) Data Analysis
7 3 (14.29%) Business Analysis
7 3 (14.29%) Business Transformation
7 3 (14.29%) PRINCE2
8 2 (9.524%) PRINCE
8 2 (9.524%) HTML
8 2 (9.524%) Java
8 2 (9.524%) JavaScript
8 2 (9.524%) VBA
8 2 (9.524%) MS Office
8 2 (9.524%) SAP Payroll
8 2 (9.524%) PRINCE2 Certification
8 2 (9.524%) User Acceptance Testing
8 2 (9.524%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 2 (9.524%) Requirements Analysis
8 2 (9.524%) Use Case
9 1 (4.762%) Online Banking
9 1 (4.762%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 1 (4.762%) Requirements Management
9 1 (4.762%) GAP Analysis
9 1 (4.762%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 1 (4.762%) Waterfall

Migration
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Halifax region citing Migration also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited Migration. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 2 (9.524%) HTML
Applications
1 2 (9.524%) MS Office
2 1 (4.762%) MS Excel
2 1 (4.762%) MS Project
Business Applications
1 2 (9.524%) SAP Payroll
2 1 (4.762%) SAP HR
Communications & Networking
1 1 (4.762%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (4.762%) SQL Server
1 1 (4.762%) SQL Server Reporting Services
1 1 (4.762%) SQL Server Integration Services
1 1 (4.762%) SQL Server 2008
Development Applications
1 1 (4.762%) Visual Studio
General
1 15 (71.43%) Finance
2 9 (42.86%) Banking
3 6 (28.57%) Retail
4 4 (19.05%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 12 (57.14%) Analyst
2 10 (47.62%) Business Analyst
3 3 (14.29%) Developer
4 2 (9.524%) Banking Business Analyst
5 1 (4.762%) Junior Analyst
5 1 (4.762%) PMO Manager
5 1 (4.762%) Web Tester
5 1 (4.762%) Business Data Analyst
5 1 (4.762%) Designer
5 1 (4.762%) Governance Analyst
5 1 (4.762%) Project Manager
5 1 (4.762%) Tester
5 1 (4.762%) Junior
5 1 (4.762%) Test Manager
5 1 (4.762%) Test Analyst
5 1 (4.762%) Support Analyst
5 1 (4.762%) Infrastructure Analyst
5 1 (4.762%) Data Analyst
5 1 (4.762%) SQL Developer
5 1 (4.762%) SQL Server Developer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (4.762%) Mainframe
1 1 (4.762%) Online Banking
Operating Systems
1 1 (4.762%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (33.33%) Data Migration
2 5 (23.81%) Stakeholder Management
3 3 (14.29%) Data Analysis
3 3 (14.29%) Business Analysis
3 3 (14.29%) PRINCE2
3 3 (14.29%) Change Management
3 3 (14.29%) Business Transformation
4 2 (9.524%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 2 (9.524%) Requirements Analysis
4 2 (9.524%) Use Case
4 2 (9.524%) User Acceptance Testing
4 2 (9.524%) PRINCE
5 1 (4.762%) Project Management
5 1 (4.762%) ERP
5 1 (4.762%) ETL
5 1 (4.762%) Requirements Management
5 1 (4.762%) Test Scripting
5 1 (4.762%) GAP Analysis
5 1 (4.762%) Business Process Improvement
5 1 (4.762%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 2 (9.524%) Java
1 2 (9.524%) JavaScript
1 2 (9.524%) VBA
2 1 (4.762%) SQL
2 1 (4.762%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (9.524%) PRINCE2 Certification
Vendors
1 4 (19.05%) SAP
2 1 (4.762%) Microsoft
2 1 (4.762%) Pega